photo extravaganza! i'm slapping this together in haste since we have to catch a bus to chiang mai in a few minutes but if US magazine has taught us anything, it's that people really just want photos with captions anyway. am i wrong?
we took a boat and went rock climbing on this island in halong bay in the north of vietnam. the name of the island escapes me now but the beach is called tiger beach. holy smokes.
i am endlessly obsessed with the sea shells. those stripes!
never in my life have i been as sweaty as i was when this picture was taken. i had to take a rest on this ledge and marvel at the new levels of stink i'd achieved.
waiting for the bus on cat ba island. we then spent the next 36 hours on buses to get from vietnam to laos.
fortunately we had a stop in hanoi where bia hoi (translates to "fresh beer") helped ease the pain of the journey. a glass of it is 4,000 dong, or about 20 cents and everyone sits on teeny tiny stools streetside to drink. they even sometimes bring you ice cubes to put in it. i've been saying it for years: ice in (already watery) beer is a beautiful thing.
we made it to laos. vang vieng was our first stop.
in search of a waterfall/swimming hole, we trudged through rice paddies and found some very rickety bridges but no swimming.
redemption! awesome waterfalls complete with a rope swing near luang prabang.
our buddies from singapore. we all went climbing then took our sore arms to the local bowling alley (bowling in laos? who knew?!) for some good fun.
we left laos on a slow boat up the mekong river. it took 2 days on a boat that looks like this one. what you can't see are the seats, which were actual car seats, ripped out of the vehicle and bolted to wooden planks on the floor of the boat. it was incredible.
i love that someone thought "y'know, let's not enclose the giant deafening diesel engine on this boat or prevent anyone from losing an arm in its wildly spinning gears, but some curtains would really liven the place up."
we're off to more adventures with lax safety standards and beautiful views in chiang mai. more pictures coming soon.
we took a boat and went rock climbing on this island in halong bay in the north of vietnam. the name of the island escapes me now but the beach is called tiger beach. holy smokes. 
absolutely gorgeous photos... loving it. just keep traveling so we can all follow along and giggle/marvel at the pics and captions.
ReplyDeletehave you been on the carpeted buses??? With the kareoke videos playing? Do they still have them???? Do they still smoke on the buses even at gas stations and close all the windows so its all trapped inside??? I love your lime stone karsts lady! Hows the green papaya salad these days??? Hope to see you soon lovely! Skiing in alps anyone? Or at least snow shoeing? Love to the baker xxx
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